Rob Macready:
CLASS OF 1979
Tyee High SchoolClass of 1979
Seattle, WA
Our Lady of Lourdes SchoolClass of 1971
Vancouver, WA
Rob's Story
For those that remember I was a troublemaker as a teen, always rebelling against authority. Because of my discipline problems, Highline School District pulled me from Tyee and placed me in an alternative class for my senior year. I missed graduating by a couple of credits, so the following year I joined the Marine Corps trying to find some structure in my life. I like to think it worked as I stayed for 20 years retiring as a Gunnery Sergeant.
During those years I married a gal from my old neighborhood, had a miracle son with her in 1990 after a battle with her having cancer. She left me soon after that and returned to the northwest. I began raisng him by myself around the world starting when he was 3 years old. I've manage...Expand for more
d to guide him into being a much better kid than I ever was by keeping him interested in sports. He has played 12 years of football, 5 years of wrestling, and is finishing his 6th years of track as a shotput, discus and javelin thrower. He is graduating next month.
As for me, I retired from the Corps in 2000 and returned to Washington and bought a place in the upper Skagit Valley. I then used my disabled vet benefits to get a college degree in Environmental Conservation Technology, and am now working on a second retirement as a public employee working for the City of Sedro-Woolley.
Life is good, I have few regrets. It goes to show that even some of us early life screwballs can actually turn things around for the good...
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